Meet: Atlantic 10 Conference Championship
Location: Fairfax, Va. (George Mason Stadium)
Team Scores: 1. Dayton 153, 2. Duquesne 109, 3. VCU 96.5, 4. Rhode Island 84.66, 5. George Mason 79, 6. Richmond 77, 7. La Salle 47, 8. St. Joseph's 43, 9. George Washington 41, 10. Saint Louis 38.5, 11. Loyola Chicago 30, 12. Davidson 29.5, 13. Fordham 28.83
Final Result
The Short Story: The Rams won eight medals in the A-10 Outdoor Championships en route to a third place finish at George Mason Stadium.
Sprints/Hurdles
- Taylah Walker finished fifth in the 100m hurdles with a 14.41s time. She set a personal record at 13.91s in the prelims
- Junior Jaliyah Person won gold in the 400m dash at 54.76s time. Person also won bronze in the 200m dash at 24.56s
- Jordyn Evans finished fifth in the 400m dash at 56.57s
- Senior Asia Powell finished sixth in the 100m dash at 12.06s
Relays
Distance
- Miller set a personal-best time of 4:44.32 in the 1500m run
- Johnson and Shreya Krishnamurthy each competed in the 1500m run with a time of 4:50.67 and 4:51.83, respectively
Jumps
- Junior Iyana Braswell won a silver medal in the long jump with a personal record jump of 5.94m
- Selkis Elong finished fourth in the long jump with a season-best 5.93m leap
- Junior Damilola Ogbeta won bronze in the triple jump with a season-best 12.18m
- Walker set a personal-best in the high jump at 1.63m
Throws
- Blanca Pereira and Melissa Casiraghi took home gold and silver in the hammer throw at 60.23m and 58.25m, respectively
- Like Matalatala won bronze in the shot put at 13.16m
- Junior Desi Akaolisa finished fourth in the shot put at 13.15m
- Akaolisa also finished fourth in the discus with a PR of 45.80m
- Senior Anaya Harris finished fifth in the discus at 45.34m
Next Up
This championship meet concludes the season for most Rams as a select few will have their season continue at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Lexington, Ky. from May 27 until May 30.Â
